SUNSEEKERS who endured a holiday from hell finally landed at Manchester Airport after a nightmare trip to Mexico.

More than 300 passengers travelling to Cancun were frustrated when an engine problem prevented them leaving for two days.

And they were stranded again for the same period on the return leg after Hurricane Emily hit the resort.

The Thomas Cook flight was twice hit by engine problems two weeks ago at the start of what should have been a dream holiday.

And then the hurricane forced holidaymakers to take shelter in their hotels and emergency accommodation. Gareth Bradley, 23, from Rainhill, who got engaged on the trip to Caroline Brown, said: "It's been a nightmare although you can't do anything about a national disaster. Thomas Cook could have done a lot better in sorting out the problems before we left and while we were over there.

"We were about six miles from the eye of the storm but we still ended up with inches of water in our room."

Wayne Corkish, 26, from Wirral who also became engaged to girlfriend Amanda Stewart, 23, on the trip, said: "We were put in a centre with hundreds of others and the toilets were overflowing."

Robert Dickinson, 22, from Darwen, said: "It's just been horrendous, no one seemed to know what was going on."

Thomas Cook Airlines, said passengers were given free accommodation in airport and city centre hotels, as well as meals at Manchester.

Airline spokesman Shaun Robinson said : "It was most regrettable but we have a duty to ensure that the aircraft are safe to fly."